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Jeffrey Epstein's got a loose connection to Michael Jackson ... the attorney who asked Epstein in a deposition if he had an oval-shaped unit tells us he was taking a cue from a famous MJ trial.

Spencer Kuvin, the lawyer who grilled Epstein in the infamous 2009 deposition, tells TMZ ... he got the idea to question Epstein about his alleged "egg-shaped penis" from the King of Pop's kid-sex trial.

He says the prosecutor in the MJ case wanted to enter into evidence graphic photos of splotches on Michael's penis so an alleged abuse victim could identify the skin discoloration known as vitiligo. MJ had originally submitted to having the graphic photos taken during a 1994 investigation into whether the pop star molested a boy.

I peck your pardon?! A man is staring down 20 years in the slammer after a suspiciously huge bulge in his pants -- which he claimed was his mighty man-meat -- turned out to be ... TWO. ACTUAL. BIRDS. Yes, this is real life!

Jesse Agus Martinez, 35, got stopped by CBP at the Mexico-U.S. border on October 23 after guards clocked a very questionable bulge in his trousers ... and when they checked it out, they found two little brown bags stuffed in his underwear -- each holding a rare orange-fronted parakeet.

The parakeets -- which are critically endangered, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature -- were breathing but heavily sedated, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Southern California.

"King of the Hill" voice actor Jonathan Joss' neighbor, Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, has been charged in Joss' murder, People reports.

The charge comes after Ceja Alvarez was arrested and released immediately after the tragic incident. He's been formally indicted by a Bexar County grand jury.

We broke the story ... eyewitnesses said Joss got into a heated argument with his neighbor at a house on the city's south side June 1 -- leading to a bloody confrontation.

Now we say "Congratulations" to Post Malone ... 'cause he and his baby mama just settled their months-long custody war over their child!

He and ex-fiancée Hee Sung "Jamie" Park reached an agreement on custody, visitation rights and child support for their 3-year-old daughter last week, a court document obtained by TMZ shows. Their arrangement -- which also may include other matters such as health insurance for the child -- is sealed, meaning we can't see the exact details.

But ... it's nice to know Post and his ex were able to work things out. We told you all about it -- Park had actually submitted paperwork in April to have the case in L.A., which allows for higher child support payments.

Karen Read -- the Boston woman acquitted of killing her police officer boyfriend this year -- is suing several of the witnesses in the high-profile trial.

Read filed suit Monday against eight people who testified against her -- including the lead investigator, his two former supervisors, and five people who were present at the 2022 party that ended with John O'Keefe's death.

Read was twice tried for murder in the death of O'Keefe -- her Boston cop boyfriend ... she was accused of striking him with her SUV on the night of a snowstorm ... his body was found in a snowbank in the front yard of a house where the couple and others had been drinking hours earlier. She was ultimately acquitted of the murder and manslaughter charges ... but was found guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence.

David Geffen and his estranged husband David Armstrong are less than a week away from being officially single following a nasty divorce battle.

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the exes will be declared legally single -- and their marriage will be officially terminated -- on Nov. 24.

But ... that doesn't mean they're washing their hands of each other quite yet -- a determination in spousal support, property division and attorney fees is still being worked out and will be finalized at a later date. Notably, court docs TMZ obtained earlier this month show both parties entered into a written agreement regarding their property and partnership.

8:23 PM PT  -- Smokey's attorney Christopher Frost tells TMZ, "These plaintiffs are part of the same group of people who have conspired together against the Robinsons and are laying out their claims for maximum adverse publicity.

We have already explained in the Robinsons’ lawsuit against this group for defamation, civil conspiracy and elder abuse that, all along, this has been an organized, avaricious campaign to extract money from an 85-year-old legend. This group of people, who hide behind anonymity, and their attorneys seek global publicity while making the ugliest of false allegations."

Frost adds, "We have sought the Court’s intervention multiple times to require these anonymous individuals to divulge essential information, turn over relevant evidence, and to share deposition transcripts with the District Attorney. For obvious reasons, this group of Does and their attorneys refuse to be forthcoming with all the evidence possible to investigate their own claims. Once the public can see the truth, their avaricious motives and fabricated claims will be revealed.”

Smokey Robinson's newest sexual battery accuser is a man who claims the Motown singer once grabbed the guy's hand and tried to force it onto his erect penis.

Smokey is being sued by four Jane Does claiming they used to work as housekeepers for the music star and his wife, Frances Gladney Robinson ... and now two more alleged victims want to join the suit, a fifth Jane Doe and a John Doe.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the male accuser claims he started working for the Robinsons at their Chatsworth residence around 2013 ... he says he would clean and detail their cars early in the mornings and on numerous occasions Smokey came outside wearing only his underwear and would touch and fondle his erect penis in clear view of John Doe.

The guy claims "Smokey Robinson’s sexual arousal was vivid and unmistakable during these incidents." He also claims Smokey sometimes made sexually suggestive gestures and remarks towards him, including beckoning him toward a nearby room.

He says he would reject Smokey's alleged advances by telling him, "Put some clothes on."

The guy claims things escalated around 2022, when in one incident, Smokey grabbed the guy's hand "without consent and attempted to force it onto his erect penis."

After the alleged incident, the guy claims the Robinsons fired him. He says one year later, Smokey's wife requested he return to work and he did. He says Smokey went right back to appearing partially clothed, touching himself and making sexually suggestive remarks in his presence.

He claims Smokey's repeated sexual harassment, indecent exposure and unwanted physical contact resulted in humiliation, emotional distress, and ongoing fear for his safety and dignity ... and he says he stopped working for the Robinsons "after learning of similar conduct toward other victims and out of concern for his own well-being."

The new Jane Doe who wants to join the lawsuit claims she worked for the Robinsons as a housekeeper. She says on more than 10 occasions Smokey grabbed her hand and attempted to force her to touch his erect penis.

When the four women sued Smokey in May for sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment and gender violence, his lawyer denied the allegations and chalked it up to a shakedown.

Simon Leviev -- the infamous "Tinder Swindler" who allegedly scammed women out of millions on the dating app -- says he's mounting a legal war against the streaming service that made him famous ... telling TMZ he's suing Netflix.

Simon joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday after being sprung from jail in Georgia -- the country, not the state -- and we asked him about the latest round of allegations against him.

He was arrested back in September after Interpol, the intergovernmental law-enforcement organization, issued a Red Notice -- AKA an international alert -- but Simon says the allegations that led to the alert were totally false.

Brian Walshe -- the man accused of brutally murdering and dismembering his wife in Massachusetts -- has changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on 2 charges, TMZ has learned.

Released video of the trial shows Walshe has pleaded guilty to misleading a police investigation and unlawfully conveying a body. He's pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge. Jury selection in the murder trial was set to begin today.

If you don't remember the details of this case, it's gruesome ... The Norfolk District Attorney alleges Walshe killed his wife 39-year-old Ana early on New Year's Day 2023 and chopped up her body before disposing of it. Police recovered a bloody knife from the basement of their home, but her body has never been found.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating an allegation of sexual battery against Sean "Diddy" Combs ... but Diddy says he didn't do it.

The accusation comes from a male music producer and publicist who claims Diddy exposed himself and asked him to assist in a sex act back in 2020.

According to a police report filed in Largo, Florida ... the unidentified producer says he was invited to a photo shoot in Los Angeles where Diddy allegedly began masturbating under a shirt and asked the accuser to assist him in the act. The accuser claims he ignored Diddy's request, and the music mogul continued going about his business before tossing the shirt at him.

A DoorDash driver was hit with serious charges after she was arrested for allegedly recording a partially naked man while making a delivery.

Content creator Olivia Henderson was making a delivery to a residence in Oswego, New York, last month when she says she filmed a customer passed out with his pants and underwear around his ankles, according to the New York Post ... the door was allegedly wide open when she'd arrived.

The 23-year-old contacted police and claimed she'd been lured into the house by the man and described the incident as an instance of sexual assault. However, Ring camera footage taken from the residence reportedly appeared to show Henderson letting herself into the home. And police reportedly stated the man in the video hadn't given her any indication to enter.

Police later issued a statement about the incident, and they described the man in the video as having been unconscious when Henderson took the video. Oswego Police said the man in the video later "cooperated with police and provided a statement." Police allege no sexual assault occurred.

Henderson had her account deleted by DoorDash. She allegedly posted video of the unclothed man on TikTok -- and the company cited her sharing the video as the reason why she was dropped from the platform.

Henderson was arrested last week and charged with one count of unlawful surveillance in the second degree and one count of dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the first degree -- both felonies.

The executor of O.J. Simpson's estate, Malcolm Lavergne, stopped by "TMZ Live" Monday and admitted the estate doesn't have enough to cover Fred Goldman's $57 million creditor claim ... but he says they'll pay what they can.

Lavergne told us bluntly, "The reality is the estate currently doesn't have that kind of money and, practically, the estate probably will never have that kind of money."

So why did the estate accept the multimillion-dollar settlement? Lavergne explained it isn't based on how much Simpson's estate can afford, but whether the claim itself is valid.

2:44 PM PT -- We caught up with both Megan and Milagro leaving court this afternoon, both putting their best fashion foot forward while keeping a brave face.

Megan told us she's ready for the case to be over, while Milagro fired back at Tasha K while styling her Fashion Nova boots.

Megan Thee Stallion's defamation trial against blogger Milagro Gramz starts today, and things are already rocky for Tory Lanez ... he and his attorney are being held in contempt of court!!!

4:16 PM PST -- Jeremy Renner's lawyer, Marty Singer, tells TMZ ... "There was no deal reached with Yi Zhou to resolve my client Jeremy Renner’s substantial multi million dollar claims against her."

He adds ... "I have no knowledge why Yi Zhou would fabricate a story that a deal has been made with her since she was notified that there was no deal with her, including her use of Jeremy Renner in an animated movie when he only agreed to be in a documentary."

It looks like director Yi Zhou and actor Jeremy Renner are putting their differences aside after a contentious battle over their recent relationship and professional collaborations.

We told you all about it -- the pair shot cease and desist letters at each other after their professional relationship soured ... with Zhou accusing the Marvel star of coming onto her and then refusing to cooperate professionally, and Renner saying quite the opposite -- that the filmmaker threw herself at him repeatedly.

But, that's all in the past ... 'cause Zhou tells TMZ they have "reached a peaceful and mutually respectful resolution" and will be moving forward with their joint projects, "Chronicles of Disney" and the AI-animated "Stardust Future."

The Notorious B.I.G.'s son, CJ Wallace, is firing back at the publicist who sued him earlier this summer ... filing his own defamation lawsuit against this publicist for claiming CJ helped lure him to a place where Diddy sexually assaulted him.

We broke the story in July ... Diddy and CJ were both sued by an anonymous man who claimed he was lured by CJ, Willie Mack, and several others to be hand-delivered to an awaiting Diddy ... who allegedly attempted to force oral sex on him.

According to the new legal docs, filed this week in Florida, CJ is now suing Jonathan Hay, who has admitted to being the John Doe in the earlier suit.

2:25 PM PT -- A source with direct knowledge of the production tells TMZ … the film is based on a book, which Sony owns the rights to.

Tom Holland's set to star in an upcoming biopic about Fred Astaire ... but the late Hollywood legend's widow says the movie never got the green light from Fred's estate.

TMZ obtained a legal letter Fred's widow, Robyn Astaire, fired off to Amy Pascal -- one of the biopic's producers -- and Robyn makes it clear she hasn't authorized or granted permission for any portrayal of Fred in this biopic ... or any other film.

In the letter, Robyn says Fred "was explicit in his Will that he did not want his life story to be depicted on screen" ... and he says she "fully respects and upholds those wishes."